CEG 3156 Computer Systems Design

3 units
Computer Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
Computer design representations, levels of abstraction, systems specification and design. Models and architectures. Designing with a hardware description language (HDL) (e.g. VHDL). Advanced processor design methodologies. Memory hierarchies and interconnecting I/O devices to the processor. Estimating the design quality and evaluating the performance. Generic design methodologies.

Components:

Laboratory
Lecture
Tutorial

Requirements:

Prerequisite: CEG 3155 .

Previously Offered Terms:

Winter
Summer

French Equivalent:

Organized

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Learned a Lot

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Workload

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Fair Assessments

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